Siheyuan's Journey Through the Ages

Chapter 3 A Very Reasonable Deal

Ma Qing bowed to everyone and continued, "As for my relatives, I have an aunt who married and moved to the Northeast. I went there once when I was a child, but because the journey was too long, we didn't keep in touch that often. My grandfather's brothers, that is, my second uncle's family, live in the South. Although we keep in touch, we rarely meet. I don't really know the details. As for your suggestion of relying on relatives, I don't want to. I have my own family."

Ma Qing continued, "My family has lived here for three generations. This place has all the marks of me and my family. Regardless of the character of my relatives, going to live with them means starting all over again. Here I have my parents' units, colleagues, friends, neighbors of several decades, and my own classmates, teachers, and friends.

I will not leave. As for the guardian you mentioned, I don't need one. I am already 15 years old this year. According to the older generation, I am actually an adult. I will graduate from junior high school in July. I can choose whether to continue studying or take over the job at the steel mill. I will not leave my fate to the character of my guardian. "

"As for such a large sum of money, of course I deposited it in the bank. It is so unsafe to keep it at home. Leaders, please rest assured that I have no problem taking care of myself. I can do the laundry and cooking. In fact, I think I am okay at studying. I plan to continue studying, and I will have no problem getting into a technical secondary school. Well, that's about it."

After listening to this, everyone nodded to each other. Chairman Li said, "It seems that you are a clear-headed person. I have been working in personnel management for so many years and have seen many touching things, as well as too many dirty things. Since you have your own ideas, I agree with your request in principle. Of course, if you have any difficulties, you can also come to the trade union. After all, our trade union is the workers' mother-in-law."

After Chairman Li finished speaking, he looked at Deputy Director Hong, who took over the conversation: "Hearing you speak, I know that you have not studied in vain. You have a clear mind and a clear mind. Then I will not worry about you. I believe you can live a good life." Then he turned to the deputy chief of the Civil Affairs Department and said, "Chief Wang, what do you think?"

Deputy Chief Wang of the Civil Affairs Section replied: "Since Ma Qing does not want to live with relatives or find a guardian, and has expressed his desire to live independently, considering his actual situation, I agree that he can live independently. In that case, Ma Qing," Deputy Chief Wang turned to Ma Qing and said, "Come back to the street office with me to handle some formalities, and then go to the police station with Officer Liu to update the household registration booklet. From now on, you are the head of the household, and you must live a good life."

Ma Qing nodded in agreement, and then said, "Chief Wang, can the passbook left by my parents be changed to my name?"

"No problem. We'll be out in a while. Officer Liu and I will accompany you to the bank first," said Deputy Section Chief Wang, pointing at Officer Liu who was wearing a police uniform.

After the main things were said, everyone talked for a while and then said goodbye and left. Aunt Zhang from the trade union accompanied Ma Qing, Deputy Section Chief Wang, and Officer Liu to the bank, the street office, and the police station. Ma Qing didn't come back until the afternoon. He even had lunch in the street cafeteria at noon, which made Ma Qing feel embarrassed.

Ma Qing returned to the courtyard house at No. 95 Nanluoguxiang with his new household registration book and new passbook. He looked up at the house number and felt a sense of lightness and unreality. It seemed that he had finally gained a foothold in this era.

I have to admire the security system within the system. The efficiency of doing things within the rules is really high. The union chairman, deputy factory director, labor and wages section chief, together with people from the street office and the police station set up a joint office and solved the living issues of an orphan who is almost an adult. It is unlike the small place in the previous life.

Ma Qing was very satisfied with his current situation. When he was about to enter the house, he was stopped. He turned his head and saw that it was the head of the Labor and Personnel Section who had been there in the morning. His surname seemed to be Zhao. So he said, "Head Zhao, what are you doing..."

"Deputy, deputy, I came to see you for something. I just saw you were about to come in, so I stopped you."

Ma Qing thought to himself, you are really a smart person. You could predict that I would come back at this time. Are these officials so powerful? I am afraid they are waiting for me, so he said, "I wonder what they want to talk to me about."

"It's not convenient here, why don't we find a place to talk."

"Okay, you decide." So the two of them found a small teahouse nearby, found a corner, ordered two cups of scented tea, and Section Chief Zhao said, "Xiao Ma, you have done everything."

"Well, thanks to all the leaders, things went very smoothly and everything was done."

"That's good. You will live alone in the future, so you must try to live a good life. The reason I came here this time is to ask you what you think about your work station at home and whether you have any plans."

"Ah, I haven't thought about this yet. Do you have any plans?"

"It's like this. You have two workstations, but you are only one person. You can't keep these workstations forever. You can only keep them for half a year at most. You can't leave them to your wife now. You can either give them to relatives or sell them. If you want to leave them to relatives, then I won't say anything. If you want to sell them, we can talk about it."

"Of course," Ma Qing thought about it and said, "Since you asked, I was originally planning to sell it for 1300, but I'll just charge 1200."

Section Chief Zhao's eyes suddenly widened, "1200, you...", pointing at Ma Qing, he said, "Can you tell me why you want this price? A workstation on the market only costs 500 yuan, and you want 1200?"

"Chief Zhao, I told you this morning that I will graduate from junior high school soon. I'm not stupid. My parents never avoid talking to me when they talk to me. I grew up with factory workers. I can't say I know everything about Beijing, but it's pretty much the same. The 500-yuan workstation you mentioned is for an average factory. Our Red Star Steel Rolling Mill is a second-rate factory.

Our factory is an enterprise directly under the ministry, a large factory with tens of thousands of employees, a real golden rice bowl. Not to mention that the salary is three times higher than that of other factories, our factory has its own school for children of children, its own canteen, its own bathhouse, its own vegetable and non-staple food service center, its own cinema and auditorium, its own guesthouse, and its own small hospital.

In general, workers in factories can only get half of their pre-retirement salary, but in our factory, they can get 1200%, and senior technicians can get % of their retirement salary. Even the difficulty of getting housing is lower than in other factories. I don’t even want to mention other benefits. Do I want yuan? If it weren’t for you, it would definitely not be this price.”

Section Chief Zhao stared at Ma Qing and replied, "You are really a tough guy. I underestimated you. Why can you inherit two workstations? This is not in accordance with the rules. If the leader didn't like you, would he let you run it this way?"

"I know. Since the massive recruitment and subsequent downsizing two years ago, workstations have become more valuable. Leaders can't just conjure up a workstation out of thin air, so I only have two workstations. The total number hasn't increased, so it's not easy to operate, right?"

"It's good that you know. To be honest, I don't want this workstation. I'm not qualified yet. I'm just helping someone pass on a message. Aren't you afraid of offending my superiors? Besides, since the workstation inheritance system started in 53, workstations can't be bought or sold on the surface. They can only be inherited by relatives. Without the consent of the superiors, I'm afraid you can't sell this workstation."

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